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Where does “kunnianhimoisesti” come from?

kunnianhimoisesti (Finnish) comes from Finnish kunnianhimoinen, from Finnish kunnianhimo, from Finnish kunnia, from Proto-Finnic *kunnija, from Proto-Germanic kunją, from Proto-Indo-European ǵn̥h₁yom, from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁- — to produce, to beget, to give birth.

kunnianhimoisesti (Finnish): ambitiously

Definitions

  1. ambitiously

Ancestry of “kunnianhimoisesti”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Finnishkunnianhimoinenambitious
2Finnishkunnianhimoambition
3Finnishkunniahonor; glory; credit, honor
4Proto-Finnic*kunnija—
5Proto-Germanickunjąkin, family, clan; omen, portent, miracle
6Proto-Indo-Europeanǵn̥h₁yom—
7Proto-Indo-Europeanǵenh₁-to produce, to beget, to give birth
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